Safe duration of postoperative monitoring for malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 502-509

  Pollock, N ^a   Langton, E ^a   Stowell, K ^a   Simpson, C ^a   McDonnell, N ^a  

^a PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Malignant hyperthermia; Monitoring: postoperative; Non triggering anaesthesia; Post anaesthetic care unit

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RELATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOMNOLENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME;

EID: 4444257900     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0403200407     Document Type: Review

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